Re: [coreboot] Depthcharge License

On 2017-12-24 05:27, Ivan Ivanov wrote:
> This commit got merged and the Depthcharge now should have the
> requested license files
> at its root directory. Dear friend, please let us learn about your
> device once it is released,
> maybe some of the coreboot developers would want to get your device -
> to use, and possibly help
>
> Best regards,
> Ivan Ivanov

Forgive my lack of list etiquette.
With this commit, my legal department is satisfied and has given 
engineering the green light.
Will share details on project as and when I can.
Thanks all who responded and contributed to resolving issue raised by 
this thread.
Cheers,
T.mike
> 2017-12-21 21:34 GMT+03:00 Aaron Durbin via coreboot 
> :
> > https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromiumos/platform/depthcharge/+...
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 11:14 AM,  wrote:
> > > On 2017-12-19 09:53, David Hendricks wrote:
> > > > To be fair, it appears that many source files refer to a 
> > > > non-existent
> > > > LICENSE file. Someone on the CrOS team should probably just add the
> > > > LICENSE file for depthcharge and/or contact mal@ to see how the
> > > > license info is being collected these days (e.g. for
> > > > chrome://os-credits [3]).
> > >
> > > Thanks for the input on the DC licensing, and because lawyers are 
> > > involved
> > > I need to ask a direct question.
> > > Can a Depthcharge maintainer (anybody who has +2 gerrit authority 
> > > would
> > > suffice) state on this thread
> > > that the Depthcharge project license is GPLv2 (or later)?
> > >
> > > I know this feels redundant and that the question has been asked and
> > > answered, I'm just trying
> > > to satisfy our internal legal group.
> > >
> > > Per David's point above, this direct question would not be required 
> > > to
> > > satisfy the lawyers
> > > if a top-level COPYING or LICENSE file is added to Depthcharge.  
> > > Which I
> > > will be happy to
> > > add once I'm able to start contributing to the project.
> > > Cheers,
> > > T.mike
> > > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 9:19 AM, ron minnich 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Is there even a question? Looks like aaron just answered the
> > > > > original question, which boils down to Read The Source?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 7:58 AM Aaron Durbin via coreboot
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 8:03 AM,  wrote:
> > > > > On 2017-12-15 13:39, [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > > Preparing to mirror the coreboot.org [1] requires us to vet the
> > > > > various
> > > > > licenses, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > There doesn't appear to be a LICENSE or COPYING file in the
> > > > > Depthcharge tree.
> > > > >
> > > > > My understanding is that Depthcharge is licensed GPLv2 (or later).
> > > > >
> > > > > How would I confirm this with an online source?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > T.mike
> > > > >
> > > > > Should this query be posted on Chromium list rather than Coreboot
> > > > > list?
> > > >
> > > > Probably. The files in the depthcharge repository  have licenses at
> > > > the top of each file. They are GPLv2.
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > T.mike
> > > > Links:
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://coreboot.org
> > > > [2] https://mail.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
> > > > [3] https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/licenses